[pjw] RSVP: Volunteers needed for mailing Thurs 7/2 + Please support PJW!

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hello again friends!

This email has two purposes: one is to see if I can round up 3-4 more 
people to help mail out the PJW Update next Thursday, July 2 at the office 
(we do have air conditioning for multi-person events!) at 3 PM-- we 
already have 5 signed up. (more info from last week's email, below.)

The other is to be sure everyone's been properly re-subscribed to this 
list. It should be arriving to you looking pretty much the same as before 
(addressed to pjw-list at pjw.info) but we moved the whole list from the old 
server to the new one. If you did not get an email alerting you about that 
move (along with a new password to manage your account) let me know. The 
same invite advised any of you who have Peace and Justice Works listed in 
your address book at @rdrop.com or @agora.rdrop.com to please change it to 
@pjw.info or we don't be able to get your emails!
Thanks
dan handelman
peace and justice works

On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Peace and Justice Works wrote:

> Dear Peace and Justice Works Supporters
>
> We're looking for people to help us mail out the next PJW Update, our
> semi-annual newsletter, about two weeks from now on Thursday, July 2 at 3
> PM at our office at 2807 SE Stark. If you can make it, please reply here
> or call 503-236-3065.
>
> While everyone on the e-mail and mailing list will get a copy of the
> newsletter, we would like to encourage you to make a donation now ahead of
> the mailing to help us keep doing our work. We're an all volunteer
> organization, and 100% of our modest $12,000 a year budget goes to support
> our mission of promoting nonviolent conflict resolution on local, national
> and international levels. The tragedy in South Carolina points to the
> urgency not only of speaking frankly about race and racism, but the
> urgency of ending this country's 400+ year history of using violence to
> advance its policy interests.
>
> Our May 18 event with Phyllis Bennis was quite successful and was attended
> by about 40 people with about another 10 people watching it streaming on
> line. Ms Bennis was incredibly articulate, bringing facts about the
> situations in Iraq/Syria, Yemen, and Israel/Palestine, while also
> encouraging the peace movement to interconnect with other movements and
> show how militarism connects to police brutality, climate change and so
> many other issues. The streaming video of the event, unfortunately, is not
> a direct feed from the Skype call and we're hoping to get a better version
> up on line through our partner organization Flying Focus Video Collective
> in the next few weeks. They ask individuals/non-profits for $75 to post
> videos on line, which will allow everyone with access to a computer with
> high speed internet the ability to watch it for free. We're hoping you
> will be able to donate money to the Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity
> Group toward that "streaming rights" fee. We're also up to $35 toward the
> streaming rights for last September's US Policy Forum, so we're looking
> for another $40 to get that show on line as well. That's a total of $115
> to help expand PJW's online presence with educational information that's
> hard to find elsewhere. *
>
> Also, we're in the process of moving our website and email to a new
> Internet Service Provider, which itself comes with some financial costs,
> we'll email you more about this in a few days when the final changes kick
> in. But in the meantime, if you are willing to donate towards our website
> fund, please write "for www.pjw.info" in the memo field of your check.
>
> Those are some specific things you can put your money toward, of course we
> need other donations to help keep the lights on and a roof over our heads,
> so any amount is welcome!
>
> If you're so inclined, you can also make a donation online via Network for
> Good. Go to
>   http://www.pjw.info/pjwdonate.html
> for more information.
>
> And if you want to direct your donation to the PJW general fund, the Iraq
> Affinity Group or to Portland Copwatch, please indicate that as well.
>
> Thanks for all your support!
> --dan handelman
> Peace and Justice Works
> *(And note, Flying Focus' request is miniscule, as they're also an
> all-volunteer non-profit as opposed to a professional media outfit that
> would charge many multiples of $75 for the same service.)
>
> --Peace and Justice Works
>    PO Box 42456
>    Portland, OR   97242
>    (503) 236-3065
>    pjw at pjw.info
>    http://www.pjw.info
>    Donate on line: http://www.pjw.info/pjwdonate.html
>
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